Free-to-total leptin ratio in maternal plasma is constant throughout human pregnancy

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 421-428

  Nuamah, Mercy A ^a   Sagawa, Norimasa ^a   Yura, Shigeo ^a   Mise, Hiroko ^a   Itoh, Hiroaki ^a   Ogawa, Yoshihiro ^a   Nakao, Kazuwa ^a   Fujii, Shingo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Percent free leptin; Pregnancy; Soluble leptin receptor

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL PLASMA; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE;

EID: 0141814851     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.50.421     Document Type: Article

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